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Story: IBM patent sparks open source code rewrite

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Ingrid,

Actually, I don't think this event raises any question about the effectiveness of IBM open-sourcing patents. In fact, it points out how critical IBM's push for patent reform is. It just shows that reform isn't quite enough.

The software patent system is fundamentally broken and no amount of reform is going to be more than just barely adequate. Even when the groups involved (like IBM and PostgreSQL) have the best intentions in the world, software patents will continue to inhibit development.

(The opinions above are purely my own; I do not speak for the PostgreSQL project as a whole.)

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